Browsing All Posts filed under »Adventures outdoors«

Show ‘n’ Tell

February 6, 2011

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So there was Andi Laidlaw, down on the beach, walking Tiger on his leash.

Letters, we get letters, mostly about Da Weather

February 5, 2011

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Katherine on Torch Lake, Bruce on Grand Traverse Bay, Rachel in Chicago--the weather news pours in from correspondents around the Freshwater Nation.

Winter in Living Color

February 4, 2011

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You would not want to see what it's like out there today. I will show you Wednesday instead. Sunny day—check. Bouncy dogs—check. Off to Barnes Park.

Mama Nature’s Glassworks

January 30, 2011

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Sometimes in winter one day drifts into the next in a gray sameness–but not this week. The light shifted, the texture of the snow changed, the icicles grew, twisted, smoothed. Every hour had its own cold beauty.

A real outdoor girl, our Margie

January 18, 2011

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When she’s not at work in her Possum Hollow studio out on the Flat Road, painter Margie Guyot likes to get outdoors–and paint some more.  Even in the winter. This is what she sees from the shores of Grand Traverse Bay.   . . .  from the beach at Barnes Park . . . . . .  […]

Wintry Mix for the Snowbirds

January 17, 2011

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I know that all you snowbirds roosting in Florida and Alabama and Mexico want to see how winter is going up here.  This is your lucky day. The weekend inspired a flurry of emails from the photographers in the neighborhood. Katherine wrote: brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!  It’s cold. With a high of 16 today, and it’s already 15.6, I […]